Red - Green - Blue

I'm sure you know that RGB is how computer types reference pixelated color ~ as opposed, say, to the CMYK of the printed media. Well, I have two new projects featuring the RGB colors, both of them on black backgrounds.

My brother is a videographer, so he deals with digital color daily. When I started assembling scraps for the March/April Doll Quilt Challenge, the Chinese Coins pattern, I thought I was going with red and turquoise, a color combination I'd admired in another quilt or two. When I didn't really have enough bits to make more than one column of each, I decided to add green and use some great black I got in a scrap bag at Hampton for the background. The black-and-white binding is a nod to TV's early days. When I presented the gift, he asked me to add a sleeve so he can hang it in the office of his post-production company.

The other RGB is still a WIP: the Bright Stripes scarf from Scarf Style. I am making this because I had bought one ball of burgundy RYC Cashsoft DK last spring, intending to make VaTech blanket squares that never happened. When I went to the Yarn Lounge’s anniversary sale, I bought five more balls in order to have a new plan for the lonely one. At least I stuck with just three CCs instead of four!

Because this yarn has a smaller gauge that the aran the pattern specs, I cast on 300 stitches instead of 260. The rows are long, sure, but this has gone quickly, and between changing colors and switching from garter to stockinette, it's not boring. I'm two-thirds done in two weeks, thanks to spring break, and if it was finished I'd have worn it over the chilly weekend ~

Comments

[Mia]

I love your little quilt. I am still working on mine. And it is nice that your brother wants to hang it in his office.